Air Force C-5 Galaxy lands at Mathis Field

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A C-5 Galaxy sits on the flight line at the San Angelo Regional Airport late Wednesday evening. The plane, one of the largest in the Air Force fleet, is delivering a RQ-4A Global Hawk drone to be put on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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An Air Force C-5 comes in for a landing at San Angelo Regional Airport on Wednesday evening. The plane is delivering a RQ-4A Global Hawk drone that will be placed on permanent display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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Tyler Flores, 4, sits on the shoulders of his father Joseph as a C-5 Galaxy sits on the flight line at San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field late Wednesday evening. The plane was carrying two RQ-4A Global Hawk drones, one of which will be placed on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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Air Force personnel offload a RQ-4A Global Hawk drone from the cargo hold of a C-5 Galaxy Thursday morning at the San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field. The aerial drone will be placed on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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A C-5 Galaxy sits on the flight line at San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field late Wednesday evening. The aircraft is delivering a RQ-4A Global Hawk, an unmanned aerial vehicle, to be placed on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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Air Force personnel prepare to unload a RQ-4A Global Hawk drone out of the cargo hold of a C-5 Galaxy Thursday morning at San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field. The drone will be reassembled and put on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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An Air Force crew member of a C-5 Galaxy looks the plane over as other crew members offload a RQ-4A Global Hawk drone Thursday morning. The unmanned aerial vehicle will be on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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A C-5 Galaxy sits on the flight line at the San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field late Wednesday evening. The aircraft, one of the largest in the Air Force fleet, delivered a RQ-4A Global Hawk drone that will be placed on permanent display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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A C-5 Galaxy rolls off the runway at San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field late Wednesday evening.

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A C-5 Galaxy makes its way from the runway to the flight line at San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field late Wednesday evening. The airplane, one of the largest in the Air Force fleet, delivered a RQ-4A Global Hawk drone that will be placed on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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A C-5 Galaxy landed at the San Angelo Regional Airport on Wednesday evening drawing a crowd of about 100 spectators. The plane was delivering a RQ-4A Global Hawk, an unmanned aerial vehicle, to be placed on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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The nose cone of a C-5 Galaxy is raised to offload a RQ-4A Global Hawk drone at San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field on Thursday morning. The unmanned aerial vehicle will go to Goodfellow Air Force Base to be placed on display.

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Crew members of a C-5 Galaxy run through a check list of procedures after landing at San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field late Wednesday evening. The plane was carrying two RQ-4A Global Hawk drones, one to be placed on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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A RQ-4A Global Hawk drone is taken out of the cargo hold of a C-5 Galaxy Thursday morning at San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field. The unmanned aerial vehicle will be reassembled and put on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

Patrick Dove/Standard-Times
An Air Force crew member of a C-5 Galaxy prepares to unload one of two RQ-4A Global Hawk drones from the cargo hold of the massive plane at San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field Thursday morning. The drone will be placed on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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Two disassembled RQ-4A Global Hawk drones sit in the cargo hold of a C-5 Galaxy at San Angelo Regional Airport Mathis Field Thursday morning. One of the unmanned aerial drones will be placed on display at Goodfellow Air Force Base.